THE ASSIMILATION OF SOFTWARE PROCESS INNOVATIONS: AN ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING PERSPECTIVE
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MIT_CISR_WP_281_The_Assimilation_of_Software_Process_Innovations_An_Organizational_Learning_Perspective_Fichman_Kemerer.pdf
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Author(s)
Fichman, Robert
Kemerer, Chris
Date Issued
July 1, 1995
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass.: Center for Information Systems Research, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Citation
Fichman, Robert and Chris Kemerer. “The Assimilation of Software Process Innovations: An Organizational Learning Perspective.” Working paper 281, Center for Information Systems Research, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/175348.
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MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper 3829-95
CISR Working Paper 281
Abstract
Software process innovations (SPIs) impose a substantial burden on would-be adopters in terms of the know-how and technical knowledge needed to use them effectively. The burden of organizational learning surrounding these technologies-and complex organizational technologies in general-creates a "knowledge barrier" that inhibits diffusion (Attewell 1992). While Attewell's model suggests that many organizations will defer adoption until knowledge barries have been sufficiently lowered, it says little about which organizations should be more likely to innovate, even in the face of high knowledge barriers.
Subjects
Software Process Innovation
Adoption
Assimilation
Organizational Learning
Object Oriented Programming
Disk-Based Survey
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